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Public Safety

Goal 1: Utilize Targeted Initiatives and Industry
Best Practices and Policies to Foster a Safe Environment
Objective 1: Improve Quality of Life and Place
Project Performance Measure(s) City Service Team (Department)
Core Mental Health Calls for Service Calls for Service with a Mental Health Neighborhood Services (Police)
PS Component
1.1.5
Summary:
Individuals with Mental Illness/Intellectual and
Developmental Disabilities are vulnerable members of Calls for Service –Mental Health
our community who deserve to be treated with dignity Component
and respect. 2,500

Police agencies are often the front‐line responders to 2,000
those struggling with a mental health crisis. 1,500
In addition to staff time and resources, these are
dynamic environments that have potential for harm to 1,000
both staff and those involved. 500

Our partnership with the MHMR Law Liaison project ‐
provides APD an opportunity to interject a mental 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr
health professional into these encounters and work in
conjunction with officers to achieve stabilization, CIT Follow‐up Calls
develop positive rapport with law enforcement and
provide connectivity to services. 800

Mental Health Peace Officers (MHPO) on patrol are 600
partnered with MHMR Law Liaisons to form a CIT.
They conduct follow up and engage individuals 400
struggling with Mental Health/IDD with resources.
200
Update:
The Police Department’s Mental Health unit is
‐
participating in the first virtual BJA learning site visit
with Tucson PD and Houston PD due to COVID‐19 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr

related travel cancelations. This virtual site visit is also
being attended by our PMHC (Police Mental Health Police Notification of Emergency
Collaborators) partners at My Health My Resources Dentention
Tarrant County and Arlington Fire Department 500
Dispatch Services.
400
In January 2020, development of an 8‐hour course 300
entitled Suicide Prevention Within the Law
Enforcement Community was completed. 200
Implementation of rolling this course out on the
100
training calendar was necessarily delayed due to
COVID‐19 considerations. This course will be ‐
st
operational for the 1 quarter of FY 2021. 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr

Due to restrictions with clinicians riding out with
officers, the Mental Health Unit began testing a Crisis

120